1973–74 Eerste Divisie

Eerste Divisie
Season	1973–74
Champions	Excelsior Rotterdam
Promoted	Excelsior Rotterdam; FC Wageningen;
Goals scored	963
Average goals/game	2.53
	← 1972–73 1974–75 →

The Dutch Eerste Divisie was contested by 20 teams in the 1973–74 season. Excelsior won the championship.

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or qualification
1	Excelsior Rotterdam	38	21	10	7	68	35	+33	52	Promoted to Eredivisie.
2	Vitesse Arnhem	38	20	8	10	68	44	+24	48	Qualified for Promotion play-off as Period champions.
3	sc Heerenveen	38	18	11	9	53	30	+23	47
4	FC Wageningen	38	18	10	10	48	36	+12	46	Qualified for Promotion play-off as Period champions.
5	Fortuna SC	38	16	12	10	47	33	+14	44	Qualified for Promotion play-off as Period champions.
6	Helmond Sport	38	17	9	12	53	44	+9	43
7	PEC Zwolle	38	14	12	12	55	46	+9	40
8	FC Volendam	38	16	7	15	55	44	+11	39
9	SVV	38	14	11	13	41	55	−14	39
10	Heracles	38	12	14	12	47	39	+8	38
11	SC Cambuur	38	13	12	13	47	43	+4	38
12	FC Eindhoven	38	12	12	14	42	47	−5	36
13	Fortuna Vlaardingen	38	10	15	13	38	44	−6	35	Changed name to FC Vlaardingen for next season.
14	SC Amersfoort	38	12	11	15	38	47	−9	35	Qualified for Promotion play-off as Period champions.
15	FC Dordrecht	38	12	11	15	45	66	−21	35
16	VVV-Venlo	38	8	17	13	46	53	−7	33
17	FC Den Bosch	38	10	10	18	46	52	−6	30
18	Willem II	38	8	13	17	41	65	−24	29
19	Veendam	38	9	9	20	44	74	−30	27
20	De Volewijckers	38	8	10	20	41	66	−25	26	Merged into FC Amsterdam for next season.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	FC Wageningen	6	2	4	0	12	6	+6	8	Promoted to Eredivisie.
2	Fortuna SC	6	3	2	1	8	4	+4	8
3	Vitesse Arnhem	6	0	4	2	4	8	−4	4
4	SC Amersfoort	6	1	2	3	4	10	−6	4

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